Slip-holder



(No Model.)

S. J. KELSO.

SLIP HOLDER.

Patented June' 28, 1892.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL J. KELSO, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,942, dated J' une28, 1892.

Application filed November 10, 1891. Serial No. 411,459 (No model.)

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'Michigam have invented a new and Improved Slip-Holder, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in av device adapted to holdsalesmens entry-slips and similar articles; and the object of myinvention is to produce a holder which may be conveniently carriedabout, which will hold a quantity of entry-slips, bills, or any otheranalogous articles, so that they will not be scattered about, and whichwill also hold them in a manner to be easily written upon either whenthe holder is heldin the hand or laid upon a support.

To this end my invention consists of certain features of constructionand combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter described andclaimed.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formivnga part ot'thisspecitication, in which similar figures of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views.

Figure l is a plan View of the holder embodying my invention withentry-slips in place therein. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the Fig. 3 isa plan view of the case and tablet when removed from the holder proper,and Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the entire device.

The device is provided with a rectangular case 10, which is open on thetop side and which is recessed at one end, as shown at l1, which recessis for the purpose of enabling the entry-slips or other articles to beconveniently pulled from ott the tablet 12, which tab let tits looselyin the case 10 and is provided with posts 13, which extend downward tothe bottom of the case 10 and which serve as guides for the tablet, andwhich also enable it to be rigidly supported when the device is placedupon a support, so as to stand upon the posts. The tablet 12 is alsoprovided with side pins 15, which extend outward through slots 16 in thesides of the case 10,`and which also project through similar slots 17 inthe sides of the holder proper which carries the case, and which will bedescribed below. The tablet l2 is pressed to the upper portion of thecase 10 by a curved fiat spring 1S, which is centrally secured to theunder side of the tablet, as shown at 19 in Figs.,2 and 4, and the freeends of which rest upon the floor of the case 10; but it will beunderstood that any other spring may be substituted for this spring withlike ette'ct. The case 10 is held in a holder 20, which holder is alsoof a rectangular shape and corresponds in length to the length of thecase 10, and the holder is open at each end, so that the case may beconveniently slipped into it or removed from it. The holder 2O isprovided on opposite sides and at top and bottomv with iianges 2l, whichare thus adapted to overlap the top and bottom portions of the case 10and which form a slideway into which the case may be pushed. The holder2O has also at the top and at one end a top plate 22, in which areopenings 23, the object of which is to enable the numbers or other marksupon an entry-slip or similar article to be observed. The top flanges 2lof the holder 2O are also connected by a crosslar articles are carriedupon the tablet 12, and

the pressure of the spring 1S forces the tablet upward and presses theslips against the crosspiece 24 and top plate 22, and it will be seenthat the cross-piece and top plate, in connection with the tablet, alsoserve the purpose of a clamp,which enables the slips to be held firmlyin place.

The operation is as follows: A quantity of the slips 26 are placed uponthe tablet 1 2 and the tablet is pushed downward into the case 10 andthe case thrust into the holder 20. The slips 26 will thus be inposition for use, and the salesman or other person using them may holdthe device in his hand while he writes the name of the transactionuponAthe slip and within the slot 25 and fills vin any other necessarymatter upon the lower portion of the slip. The slip may then beWithdrawn by pressing downward upon the tablet, and this operation isfacilitated by means of the pine 15, as the operator may with hisfingers push downward upon the pins. The pins 15 are not absolutelynecessary, although they fa- IOO firmly in place, and consequently theslips cannot be scattered about.

Having thus fully described my invention, l claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. A slip-holder comprising an open-top caseadapted to receive the slips and having a spring-pressed follower topress the slips outward, and a holder into which the case is passed andprovided with flanges overlapping the longitudinal edges of the sides ofthe said case, substantially as set forth.

2. A slipholder comprising a case having slots in its sides and open atits top and a spring-pressed follower or tablet in the case and havingpins projecting through the said Slots, substantially as set forth.

3. A device of thecharactendescribedom-' prising an open-topped case, aspring-pressedb tablet mounted in the case and having guidepostsextending through the case-bottom,and a holder for the case, said holderhaving crossstrips extending across the case-top, substantially asdescribed.

4. A device of the character described, comprising an open-topped casehaving one end cut away or recessed, a spring-pressed tablet mounted inthe case, and a holder for the case, said holder having cross -stripsextending across the case-top, substantially as described.

5. A device of the character described, coinprising an open-topped case,a spring-pressed tablet mounted in the case and having posts extendingthrough the case-bottom, a holder for the case, having` cross stripsextending across the case-top, and pins secured to the sides of the caseand extending outward through slots in the case and holder,substantially as described.

6. A device of the character described, coinprising an open-toppedcase,a spring-pressed tablet mounted therein, and a holder for the case,said holder having side flanges to einbrace the top and bottom of thecase and having cross-strips extending across the case, one of saidcross-strips having openings therein, substantially as described.

SAMUEL J. KELSO.

Witnesses:

H. W. BARIE, THos. W. DUNK.

